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Extra Blue Cards will be given to you at registration in case you have Scouts without one.  Counselors will only sign off  those requirements that were completed.

Your Scouts should register for one merit badge, and only one.  All pre-requisites must be completed to ensure completion of the badge.  The Citizenship in the Nation, Insect Study, and Fish & Wildlife Management merit badge counselors require a signed authorization from the parents that they have their parents' permission to use the internet (with oversight) while working on these merit badges.

For Scouts signing up for Chess:  The Scouts must know the names of the pieces and how to set up a chess board.  They will demonstrate this at the start of the session.

(TENTATIVE) For Citizenship in the Nation:  The Scouts must complete Requirement 3 prior to coming.  They must watch the national evening news five days in a row OR read the front page of a major daily newspaper five days in a row. They will discuss the national issues they learned about with their counselor. They will also choose one of the issues and explain how it affects them and their families.  Also, the Scout should research ahead of time for a historical/national landmark that they had visited in the past and bring that information in to share with the other Scouts.



For Insect Study:  The Scouts must begin (or complete if possible) Requirement 4 and be prepared to share their scrapbooks with the counselor and tell everyone in the group what they've learned, as well as come with Requirement 11 completed and be prepared to tell everyone what they've learned.  (Requirement 7 will not be able to be completed as it does require time, and will be up to the Scout to complete.)



For Fish and Wildlife Management:  Scouts must begin (or complete if possible) Requirements 6a and 6c and be prepared to share their scrapbooks with their counselor and tell everyone in the group what they've learned, as well as come with Requirement 8 completed and be prepared to tell everyone what they've learned.   (Requirement 5 will not be able to be completed as it does require time, and will be up to the Scout to complete.)



For Fishing:  Scouts must complete research for Requirement 7and be prepared to discuss what they've learned with their counselor and group members.  Scouts will register and then need to be transported to the Chassell VFW to meet their instructor.  The coordinator will work wiht troops involved to get one vehicle to transport Scouts to the VFW.



For First Aid:  Scouts must have completed requirement #1 (have current knowledge of all first-aid requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks.).  They must also bring a first aid kit from home and know what items are in it and how to use them (requirement #2d).